105.

MY faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,

Saviour divine :

Now hear me while I pray;
Take all my guilt away;

O let me from this day
Be wholly Thine.

May Thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart,

My zeal inspire:

As Thou hast died for me,
O may my love to Thee

Pure, warm, and changeless be,
A living fire.

While life's dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread,
Be Thou my Guide:
Bid darkness turn to day,

Wipe sorrow's tears away,

Nor let me ever stray

From Thee aside.

When ends life's transient dream,
When death's cold sullen stream
Shall o'er me roll,

Blest Saviour, then in love

Fear and distrust remove;

O bear me safe above,

A ransomed soul.

RAY PALMER, 1830.

106.

MY God, I love Thee; not because
I hope for heaven thereby,

Nor because they who love Thee not
Must die eternally.

Thou, O my Jesus, Thou didst me
Upon the cross embrace;

For me didst bear the nails and spear,

And manifold disgrace,

And griefs and torments numberless,

And sweat of agony;

Yea, death itself; and all for me,

Who was Thine enemy.

Then why, O blessèd Jesu Christ,
Should I not love Thee well?

Not for the hope of winning heaven,
Nor of escaping hell;

Not with the hope of gaining aught,

Not seeking a reward;

But as Thyself hast lovèd me,

O ever-loving Lord.

Even so I love Thee, and will love,

And in Thy praise will sing, Solely because Thou art my God,

And my eternal King.

EDWARD CASWALL, 1849, from the Latin of
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, d. 1552.